UPDATE: We were detained at Quantico trying to deliver our petition. Add your name now!

Bradley Manning is the 23-year-old Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks. For the last six months, he has been detained in solitary confinement enduring conditions that are cruel, inhumane, and bordering on torture. (More info on Bradley Manning below.)

Bradley Manning deserves humane treatment while he awaits trial.

Please add your name to our letter urging the Marines to lift the heavy restrictions of Manning’s unnecessary “Prevention of Injury” order.

Bradley's friend, David House, will deliver your letter to the Commanding Officer at the Quantico Marine Base brig THIS SATURDAY when he visits Bradley Manning.

Letter to Commanding Officer Denise Barnes, US MCB Quantico Brig:

Pfc. Bradley Manning has been held for five months under “maximum custody” at Quantico Marine Corps Base under your supervision. Pfc. Manning is under a “Prevention of Injury Order” (POI) that puts him in severe isolation and that limits his:

social contact,

news consumption,

freedom to exercise, and

ability to sleep.

The severe isolation is already having negative effects on Pfc. Manning’s health, according to his attorney and a friend. And his psychologist says he is of no danger to himself or others, making the longstanding POI order unnecessary.

The conditions of Pfc. Manning’s detention are cruel, inhumane, and disproportionate for the crime with which he has only been charged.

We urge you to lift Pfc. Manning’s POI order and allow him to exercise, communicate, and sleep as allowed under maximum custody.